Losses in Later Life, Second Edition

Achieve faith and understanding when dealing with the loss of a loved one or a major change in your life! Losses in Later Life: A New Way Of Walking with God, Second Edition, focuses on seven major losses: loss of youth, loss of family, loss of parents, loss of work, loss of spouse, loss of health, and loss of identity. This second edition has been reworked with new research to include updated information about the loss of independence and several additional losses not discussed in the previous edition. You will explore the path to becoming a spiritually mature person who has faith and is able to grieve, let go, and release what is lost in order to live a mentally healthy and rewarding life. With this valuable book, you will explore the issues of losses in later life from an approach that integrates psychology and spirituality to help you understand that loss is an inevitable and significant factor in the lives of people over the age of 40. Discussing the dynamics of loss and grief and defining spiritual health, Losses in Later Life examines common losses of the second half of your life from a positive perspective. Caregivers and anyone interested in the psychology and spirituality of aging will find excellent help and suggestions from Losses in Later Life. This book is a necessary tool for spiritually assisting your times of grief and confusion. With proven suggestions and advice, Losses in Later Life serves to enlighten your path through the later years and enrich your soul.

About the Author :
R. Scott Sullender is a licensed psychologist, ordained minister and recently retired professor of pastoral counseling. He has over 45 years of professional experience as a psychotherapist, pastoral counselor, supervisor, administrator, author and editor. He is the author of two previous books with Wipf and Stock, Ancient Sins...Modern Addictions (2013) and Trauma and Grief (2018).

Review :
"This is a book to read, and then reread over and over again as one moves through the chapters of life. It is extremely wise, based on first hand experience as well as an enormous amount of research. It is the best book I know for those who wish to make the end of life journey a Christian pilgrimage."
--Carol C. Saysette, MDiv and MA, Spiritual Director and Pastoral Counselor
"Psychologist and theologian Scott Sullender paints a profound picture of both the daunting range of cumulative losses and grief we face in older life, as well as offers us hopeful glimpses of the surprising grace and deepening peace available when we face and even befriend grief. This guidebook is helpful for me in my personal life journey as a healer and spouse/caregiver, and in my clinical work as a psychotherapist and gerontologist. I heartily recommend it to midlife and older individuals, families, physical and mental health professionals and spiritual counselors."
--Nancy Rhine, MS, Specialist in issues of midlife and older adults.
"Continues to be a timely and helpful book. There is an empathetic tone throughout, even though the book is a bold challenge to grieve for the sake of growth and maturity and faithfulness . . . An important book."
--Herbert Anderson, PhD, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Catholic Theological Union